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Appearance Quotes by Epictetus
- You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
- Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your…
- Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything…
- If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
- Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or…
- Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
More Appearance Quotes
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- I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage
- Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll… — Roseanne Barr
- The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight -… — Carl von Clausewitz
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make… — Joseph Barbera
- I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in… — Douglas Bader